Can-lock.



E. F. HULBERT.

GAN LOOK.

mPLwATIoN HLnn 00124. 1907.

910,199. Patented Jan.19,19o9.

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EDWIN F. IIULBERT, OF IIENOSHA,

WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL OYSTER CARRIER OO., OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.

CAN-LOCK.

Application filed October 24, 1907.

T 0 all'whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. HULBERT, citizen of the United States, residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in shipping and storing vessels, and relates particularly to an improved lock for the closure of a shipping can for oysters or other commodities.

The invention has for its object a simple,

durable and eicient construction of can lock in the nature of a sectional hasp that is designed to tightly bind the closure to the body of the can so as to maintain an efficientseal or joint and to receive a sealing strip or the like so that the closure can not be removed or swung open without breaking the seal.n

A With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shipping can embodying the improvements of my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the locking devices, illustrating the same in engaged position; and, Fig. 3 is a similar view of the devices partly disengaged.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a shipping or storing can which is provided in its top with an opening 2 around which is formed a marginal ange 3 preferably curled in the form of an annular bead, as shown and forming part of a short upstanding collar L formed on or secured to the top of the can.

The closure 5 for the opening 2 is preferably dished, as shown, and is adapted to accurately fit in the opening and is formed at its upper edge with a marginal flange 521 Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Serial No. 399,068.

corresponding to and adapted to fit upon the iiange 3. The closure 5 in the present instance is hinged to the top of the can by means of a metal strip 6 and an arched bar 7, as shown.

The closure 5 is provided at its free end with a staple 8 to which the sectional hasp forming part of my invention is hingedly connected. This hasp comprises two sections 9 and 1() that are hinged together at one end as indicated at 11, the outermost section being provided at its extremity wit-h a hook 12, designed to embrace and tightly clamp together the two ianges 3 and 5a when the closure is in place in the opening 2 and when one section of the hasp is folded down upon the other and the entire hasp swung down into or on top of the closure.

The sections 9 and 10 of the hasp are formed near their joint with registering slots 13 and 14, designed to receive a staple 15 secured to the closure 5 and constituting the keeper for the hasp, and the outer section 10 is also formed with another slot 16 designed to receive the staple 17 secured to the outer section 9.

18 designates a seal which is adapted to he inserted through the staples 17 and 15 to secure the hooked section of the hasp down upon the other section and both sections to the closure.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is believed that the operation of my improved can closure and lock and the construction thereof are obvious. IWhen the two parts that are to be locked together, namely, the can body or top and the closure therefor are closed one upon the other, the entire hasp is first swiuig up substantially to the position illustrated in Fig. 3 and the outer or hinged section 10 of the hasp is swung in one direction so that its hook engages and embraces the two flanges 5a and 3. rFhe other section or main port-ion 9 of the hasp is then swung or pressed. downwardly in the opposite direction around its point of connection with the closure, such point of connection being located between the point where the hook 12 engages with the flanges and the keeper formed by the staple 15. This action securely joins the hook into engagement with the two parts to be secured together, that is the can top and the closure therefor, and, after the hasp has been swung downwardly so that the staple or keeper 15 projects through both sections of the hasp, the seal 18 is applied. It will thus be seen that the closure is etfectually locked with a tight sealing action, and that itcannot be opened until the seal 18 has been broken.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. rEhe combination of parts to be looked together, of a keeper secured to one of said parts, and a hasp constructed in sections, namely a section inovably connected to such part and arranged to swing in one direction into engagement with said keeper and another section arranged to swing in the opposite direction into locking engagement with the other part.

2. The combination oi parts to be locked together, of a hasp constructed in sections, namely a main section inovably connected at one end to such part, and arranged to swing in one direction into engagement with said keeper and another section so connected to the other end of the `iirst named section as to swing in the opposite direction into engagement with the other part, the point of connection o't' the hasp and the first named part to which it is attached lying between the keeper and the point oie locking engagement of the said other sect-ion of the hasp with the said other part.

3. The combination of parts to be locked together, of a keeper secured to one of said parts, a hasp movably connected to such part and arranged to swing in o ne direction into engagement with said keeper and embodying a section arranged to swing in the opposite direction and formed atl its free end with a hook arranged for locking engagement with the other part, such other part being formed with a flange for such locking engagement.

4. The combination with parts to be locked together, of a keeper secured to one of said parts, a hasp connected at one end to such part and arranged to swing in one direction into engagement with said keeper and embodying a. section so connected to its other end as to swing in the opposite direction into locking engagement with the other part, the point of connection of the hasp and the first named part to which it is attached lying between the keeper and the point of locking engagement of the said section of the hasp with the other part, such section of the hasp being also arranged for engagenient with the keeper.

5. The combination with a vessel of the character described, Jformed with an opening and a closure for said opening, of a hasp secured to one of said part-s and consisting of hinged sections adapted to lie one upon the other, the outermost section being formed with a hook arranged to engage the two parts to hold them together, said sections being formed with registering slots, and a staple secured to one of said parts and adapted to project through said slots, whereby to receive a seal.

G. The combination with a vessel of the character described, formed with an opening and a closure for said opening, of a hasp hinged to the closure and constructed in hinged sections adapted to lie one upon the other, the outermost section being formed with a hook designed to secure the closure to the Vessel, the other section being provided with a staple, and the hooked section being formed with a slot adapted to receive said staple, both of said. sections being formed with slots near their hinged connect-ion, and the closure being provided with a staple adapted Jfor reception in said last named slot.

7. The combination with a vessel of the ing, and a marginal iange arranged to it` said opening, a closure adapted to iit in said flange and formed with a corresponding flange, a hasp hinged to said closure and constructed in hinged sections, the outermost one of which is formed with a hook adapted to take over the two iianges, said sections being formed with registering slots, a staple secured to the closure and designed for reception in said slots, the hinged section being provided with a slot and the other section with a staple adapted to be received in said last named slot. 4

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

L. C. Bnooiis, J. H. NEWMAN. 

